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The Corsair MP700's blistering throughput speeds make it tied for the fastest SSD we've reviewed, though you may need to build a whole new PC to get the most out of this drive.

By Tony Hoffman
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The Samsung Portable SSD T5 EVO is a tough sell at its current pricing, especially considering its SATA-class speeds, but this external solid-state drive does have one key strength: a whopping 8TB maximum capacity.

By Tony Hoffman

If you need to migrate your data or are looking to keep a backup handy, you can clone your hard drive. Here's how to do it in Windows and macOS.

By Whitson Gordon  & Jason Cohen
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Did you buy a bunch of new games for Black Friday? Get a drive to hold them all on Cyber Monday.

The Best Cyber Monday External Hard Drive and SSD Deals

Your storage device could be one of the most important upgrades you make this year.

By Karl Klockars  & Jade Chung-Lee
Best Storage SSD and HDD Deals

Make room for all the games you're getting this holiday season and all of those previous family photos with huge price drops on SSDs and HDDs.

By K. Thor Jensen
The Best Early Black Friday Storage Deals

Your storage device could be one of the most important upgrades you make this year.

By Karl Klockars  & Jade Chung-Lee
Best Storage SSD and HDD Deals

It's not cheap, it's not fast, but it will survive being dropped six feet.

By Matthew Humphries
Samsung T5 EVO
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It's not cheap, but Apricorn's Aegis NVX external SSD is secure, rugged, and speedy, making it an excellent repository for safeguarding your files on the go.

By Tony Hoffman
Apricorn Aegis NVX overview

External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your device is not detected by Windows or macOS.

By Whitson Gordon
person plugging a USB hard drive into their computer
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Micron's Crucial T500 is among the best full-featured PCIe 4.0 internal solid-state drives you can buy for building or upgrading a high-end PC.

By Tony Hoffman
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The Synology DiskStation DS224+ is a two-bay network attached storage (NAS) device that delivers exceptionally fast file transfer performance for small offices that need quick access to files from several PCs.

By John R. Delaney

The spin-off flash business will adopt a new business name and Western Digital will focus on hard drive sales.

By Michael Kan
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TerraMaster's F2-212 is an affordable two-bay NAS designed for personal cloud and data backup tasks. It's a good performer that runs quietly, but its list of features isn't the longest.

By John R. Delaney

Degoo Premium gives you more cloud storage space than Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive combined, and it lasts for life.

Degoo cloud storage

With a Prism Drive plan, you get accessibility and security for files and media stored in the cloud.

Prism drive
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The competitively priced Kingston XS1000 external SSD is tiny and still manages to offer solid performance, but without ruggedization or hardware-based encryption, it's not quite the perfect travel companion.

By Tony Hoffman
Kingston XS1000 External SSD: Top
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The Addlink AddGame A93 is a high-performance, inexpensive internal M.2 SSD that's great for gamers (or anyone else) upgrading or building a new PC on a budget.

By Tony Hoffman
Addlink AddGame A93: Top
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The Samsung Portable SSD T9 achieves blazing throughput speeds when connected to a compatible PC, making it a go-to external SSD for content creators.

By Tony Hoffman